Jean-Paul Sartre once said
In a play
That hell
Is other people,
But then,
My dear
Isn’t heaven too?
In the questioning looks,
In the coy smiles,
In the inside jokes,
And the twinkling eyes?
There,
A bliss exists,
Seldom found anywhere else,
But in those simple moments
Where nothing exists,
But for you
And him.
Makes you wonder
Doesn’t it, darling,
Are hell and heaven
Really as different
As they are made out to be
If both exist
In the grays of his eyes?
Image taken from here.
This is great. Just mannered and controlled enough to make the emotions pop out in the phrasing.
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Thank you. 🙂
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I love that! I love the ending especially :3
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Thank you very much! x
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Lovely! Loved the last line!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Looks like someone was inspired by our little conversation 😉 😀
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Hahaha you know it! 😉
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So poignant and thought-provoking.
Heaven and hell, like pleasure and pain, are points on the same spectrum; you’ve expressed this so beautifully.
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Thank you so much! x
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Really good point… Its not the environment, surroundings, but our response that makes heaven or hell
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Thank you! 🙂
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Such an intelligent poem. I’d heard that quote before but hadn’t thought of the other side–that heaven is also other people.
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Thank you so much, it was just a random thought I had and decided to follow up on. 🙂
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Beautiful.
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Thank you. x
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You’re welcome. 😉
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lovely!
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Thank you. x
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How do you write such big, amazing poems and I can barely think of two words that rhyme XD
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Haha, to each, their own talent. 🙂
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I love this!
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Thank you. 😀
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Hi Moony. I nominated you for a Liebster Award. You can view the post you’re mentioned in, along with the award rules here:https://silentdandmeblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/liebster-award-nominations/
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Oh, thank you so much! I’m extremely flattered! :’D
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You are the wizard of words!
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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A lovely twist … A great read
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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of course 🙂
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Beautiful poem.
“I thought, gazing at the beauty of the landscape again, it is as though the fiend has prevailed against the angels, and fixed his throne in a heaven, to rule it as though it were Hell.”
― Tom Holland, Lord Of The Dead
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What a beautiful quote!
Is this a book? I’d love to read it if it is.
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I think it is. I have never read it…but check it out. 🙂
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